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    Grind happens is that during the summer‚ the Faroese people surround pilot whales with a semicircle of boats‚ then they drive these whales to shore where the hunters wait to kill them. Sea Shepherd does not believe that this should happen and have gone done to the Faroe Islands to stop it. 2.) The first group that is considered a stakeholder would be the Faroese people who rely on this meat for much of their meals. The whale meat makes up about 30% of all meat produced locally on the island. The

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    states killer whales should not be kept in seaworld cages and for the incidents have been reported from sea world caused by killer whales. Tilikum was the main topic in Blackfish because Tilikum caused most of the incidents happened at seaworld for the bad treatment he had received when he was first brought into seaworld in Canada. In my opinion‚ killer whales should not be kept at seaworld in cages because that causes them to be aggressive towards the trainers. I state that killer whales should be

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    life that are similar to whales. On the other hand‚ others think that underwater noise has absolutely no affect on marine life. Two affects of underwater noise on species of marine life similar to whales are causing them change feeding and diving patterns as well as causing their communications to be interrupted and making them respond cautiously and affecting their behavior‚ which still substantially affects them. The first effect on species of marine life akin to whales is making them change

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    distances‚ and the water does not support visual cues over great distance. This is why whales and dolphins use primarily auditory signals. Auditory signals can travel great distances and travel four and a half times faster in water than in air (Ford‚ 1984). Killer whales or Orca (Orcinus orca) are very social dolphins and live in pods often consisting of family members from between four up to fifty for residential whales while transient pods normally are only between two and five animals (Ford‚ 1989)

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    Moby Dick

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    Moby Dick Context Herman Melville was born in New York City in 1819‚ the third of eight children born to Maria Gansevoort Melville and Allan Melville‚ a prosperous importer of foreign goods. When the family business failed at the end of the 1820s‚ the Melvilles relocated to Albany in an attempt to revive their fortunes. A string of further bad luck and overwork‚ however‚ drove his father to an early grave‚ and the young Melville was forced to start working in a bank at the age of thirteen. After

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    What Is Whaling?

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    developed into nations which revolve around a market for such cetaceans as whales and dolphins. In fact‚ in Taiji‚ a small town on the southern shores of Japan‚ over thirty percent of their annual economy is generated from a market oriented around whales and dolphins (Hanlon‚ The Whaling Debate Intensifies). However‚ the idea of whaling can be seen as immoral to the rest of the world as it involves the death of cetaceans‚ such as whales‚ people have grown to love. This being said‚ whaling is an issue involving

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    Moby-Dick; or‚ The Whale is a novel by Herman Melville‚ first published in 1851.[2] It is considered to be one of the Great American Novels. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod‚ commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick‚ a ferocious‚ enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter‚ the whale destroyed Ahab’s boat and bit off his leg‚ which now drives Ahab to take

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    myself “where is this sketch going” I was wondering “when is it coming” due to all of the build up about the big dead gaseous whale. Situational irony‚ or when actions and or events have the opposite result from what is expected is seen when Darren wishes to meet Gadget by the big dead gaseous whale to kiss. Unfortunately‚ the kiss never happens because the big dead gaseous whale explodes onto each of them. Also‚ an element of dark humor so rightfully wrong‚ I cringed is introduced during the second

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    there are parts about hunting whales and either keeping them in captivity or killing them. In these selections there are explanations to go along with what both of the people think as to what they’re going to do when they capture the whales. One similarity in Moby Dick and Blackfish is that in both of these there are people trying to catch whales. For example‚ in Moby Dick it states‚ “The narrator becomes a sailor on Captain Ahab’s ship and joins the hunt for the whale that bit off one of Ahab’s legs

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    SeaWorld is a public company that is facing a significant ethical issue right now‚ mostly in part to the release of the documentary Blackfish. This documentary takes viewers inside the capture‚ training and marketing of these Killer Whales for the sole profit of the company. It also highlights the breeding‚ training and housing of these magnificent mammals. It brings many ethical issues to the table. 1) Should any wild animal be taken from its natural home and forced to live in captivity

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